word with lawrence o donnell. speaking of great, i am in no less off of your greatness but it s less of a mystery now that i got to spend time hanging with your mother and father a little over a week ago. you know, listen, anyone with that mother and that dad i just you have such a great launch in life. i did. i had a book event in provincetown. lawrence came with his brothers. it was fantastic and really nice and i did not get to see you at the event at all, but you sat with my family and they are all in love with you. my mom said, how old is lawrence? it is an official secret. my dad instantly knew what she was on about. and it was great. it was very kind of you to come. i was invited backstage to interrupt you and tony as you are preparing to go on stage, but my rule is never interrupt the stars before going on stage. had i known you were lurking, i would ve clung to you. a packed house in provincetown. by the way, andrew weissmann s sister was there and i
dana: thousands of unaccompanied children on the border. bill: the white house is saying these migrants when asked the question about it are just responding to a message of hope. you think it s a coincidence as soon as trump and his immigration were on the way out and biden and his stated policy were on the way that the historic surge at the border started? first of all one of the things i think is important we ve seen surges before. surges the end to respond to hope. and there was a significant hope for a more humane policy after four years of pent-up demand. bill: that was the answer. more in a moment. former secretary of state mike pompeo about the virus, border, china. first to kristin fisher live from the white house to begin our broadcast today. good morning, kristin. that sound bite that you played leading into me was quite significant. there you have president biden s coordinator for the southern border acknowledging that the new administration s policies
the surge and are encouraging smugglers to be bolder than ever. we ve seen surges before. surges the end to respond to hope and there was a significant hope for a more humane policy after four years of pent up demand. so i don t know whether i would call that a coincidence but i certainly think that the idea that a more humane policy would be in place may have driven people to make that decision. harris: well, here is how many are coming. more than 100,000 migrants were encountered at the border in february. that s a 97% jump from the same month of last year. nearly 30,000 unaccompanied children were encountered. some 3,000 of them 12 years old or younger. arrests and deportations plunged as president biden tightened the rules how ice agents can operate. there were more than 2300 arrests in february. that s down 66% from the average number over october, november, on december. and only about half the number of deportations if in february compared to the month before. fewer
mystery to me now that i got to spend some real time hanging with your mother and father. and your brother just a little over a week ago. and so, you know, listen. anyone with that mother and that tab, you had such a great launch and life, rachel maddow. yes, i did. lawrence, i will tell everybody what you re talking about. i had a book event in provincetown. it was fantastic. it was really nice. and i did not get to see you at the event at all. but you sat with my family, and they are all in love with you. my mom, i m going to totally embarrass her. how old is lawrence? [ laughter ] it is an official secret. hey. and my dad instantly knew what she was on about. and hey, it was great. it was very kind of you to come. it was really nice. and i was invited backstage to interrupt you and tony kirschner, but my rule is never interrupt the stars before going on stage. i known you were lurking in the doorway, i would have clung to you. thank you. and packed house in pro
Great yourself. Your design channel. The palestinians are deadlocked with israel and deadlocked amongst themselves so what do they do now this week in a special edition conflict zone is coming to you from the ball in Foreign Policy forum my guest is the veteran palestinian chief negotiator saeb erekat if you dream of an independent state ever came true what would it look like. South america welcome to conflict zone and see if youre a reluctant peace negotiator these days how many times have you tried to resign the post you said a few years ago eight times but its probably more now than i dont have a job since Two Thousand And Fourteen jobless since that cannot stop the negotiations so i mean busy with my country but the palestinians are closing doors as well. Well i think it was with the americans. When nobody benefits more from Opening Doors with america and you never know what it was more because of the palestinians well thats why its such why president abbas told donald trump damn y